Patricia Mou
@patriciamou_
midwife of portals // co-founder @thesfcommons, going down @rabbitholes_ @harvard
the surest indication of whether you're following your own authentic truth, is if the path before you disappears. by definition of it being *your* unique path, it is one that has not been walked before. do not fear - the path creates itself, as you keep walking~ "Do not go…
there is great freedom in being an amateur. I'd like to be one for the rest of my life the word "amateur" comes from the Latin word amator, which means: "one who loves". Or in other words one who engages in a craft, art, or discipline for the sheer joy of it~
“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfilment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Something like the "collective reawakening", the moment of us deeply recognising that our souls are kinda lonely, and togetherness/embeddedness is the portal to the meaning we crave... too much to say but @patriciamou_ sees this so clearly substack.com/home/post/p-14…
on intellectuals in the Qing Dynasty: "In the local areas, most of the intellectuals did not go elsewhere to serve as officials, but instead became local gentry, living in harmony with their small universe. They neither needed nor desired outside recognition, and whether the…
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." - Ilya Prigogine starting with the small islands of coherence within you~
when speaking hard truths, the mystics (jesus, buddha, etc.) often used parables and stories, inviting people to reflect and arrive at their own realizations they knew that truth lands better when it feels discovered rather than imposed
a powerful indicator of where you are on the journey to wholeness is how intensely you're triggered or disturbed by others. the more triggered, the more work you have here are good qs to work with when you get triggered: 1) what are they doing that's unacceptable in my eyes?…
Love this new post by @patriciamou_ wellnesswisdom.substack.com/p/containers-f…
i've found that embodying deep okayness marks the beginning of a multi-year process of feeling deep pain.. but with no/minimal suffering when we finally get a taste of true self-love & secure attachment with reality, all parts of ourselves that feel unloved scramble from the…
Rabbit Holes - soulful @patriciamou_ Pari Passu - distressed @Restructuring__ Linear - vSaaS @lukesophinos Generalist
